It was Crick and Watson who worked out the structure of DNA in the 1950s, but its discovery was made nearly 100 years previously by a Swiss physician called Frederick Miescher.
The residents will range in nationality, cultural, religion, age, sex, political association, socio-economic backgrounds, etc. The Assisted Living Federation of America reports that the average age of an assisted living resident is 86.9 years (female average age 87.3; male average age 85.7). Female residents (73.6%) outnumber male residents by almost 3 to 1.
$41,000: Average annual base rate for residence in assisted living facility, 2012. $20: Average hourly rate for licensed, non-Medicare-certified home health aide. 7 to 9 million: Estimated number of U.S. residents who had private long-term care insurance, 2010.59: Age of typical purchaser of long-term care insurance, 2010.79% : Percentage of long-term care insurance purchasers with more than $100,000 in liquid assets.0% : The percentage of individuals who reach age 65 who will enter a nursing home during their lifetimes. 892 days (2.44 years) : Average length of stay for current nursing-home residents, 1999. 272 days (8.94 months) : Average length of stay for discharged nursing-home residents, 1999.